Aurea Foundation
Application Guidelines
Qualified charitable organizations or researchers affiliated with charitable organizations may submit a LETTER OF INTENT containing a short outline of the project or purpose for which a grant is being sought. The letter of intent should also include an itemized budget for all project management and overhead costs and a brief description of the charitable institution's mission and goals.
LETTERS OF INTENT should be submitted by email to info@aureafoundation.com
The Aurea Foundation will review letter submissions on an ongoing basis.
Please note that the Aurea Foundation WILL NOT respond to all LETTERS OF INTENT. The Foundation will only contact organizations if there is interest in inviting a full grant application. Qualified charitable organizations will be asked to submit a full APPLICATION FOR SUPPORT, which will be provided by staff.
Grant decisions are made at two meetings of the Board of the Aurea Foundation each year.
Cycles for Grant Consideration
| For decision in: | Letters of Intent must be received by: |
|---|---|
| May 2008 | February 15, 2008 |
| November 2008 | August 29, 2008 |
Core Funding
Unless exceptional circumstances warrant it, the Aurea Foundation will ONLY consider providing core funding to:
- A newly created organization that addresses one or more priority areas of interest to the Aurea Foundation that no other group is addressing, and that requires start-up support, or to leverage support from other potential funders
- An existing organization whose mandate includes addressing one or more priority areas of interest to the foundation, and whose sources of funding have been withdrawn/reduced
- An existing organization that wants to expand its activities to a public policy area of interest to the Aurea Foundation
Multi-Year Funding
Unless exceptional circumstances warrant it, the Aurea Foundation will ONLY consider providing multi-year funding to an organization that:
- Shows evidence for the need for multi-year funding (both in the budget expenditures and in the activities related to the project)
- Shows milestones for each year, with anticipated time frames and expected results to be achieved in each year
Multi-year funding will be granted in principle; however, payments will be made only on an annual basis following satisfactory reporting on progress and review.
In general, multi-year funding will be granted for a maximum three-year period.
Current Deadline
The next deadline to submit a LETTER OF INTENT for grant consideration is:
